Mounting for eyeglasses or spectacles.



No. 857.650- PATENTED JUNE 25, 1907.

P. MOBws.

- MOUNTING FOR EYEGLASSES OR SPBCTAULES.

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PAUL MoEW sjoE DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

Ap li ati n filed February 27.1905. Serial No. 247,519.

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Be it known that I, PAUL MoEws, residing at Detroit, in the county ofWayne and State of Michigan, a citizen of the United States, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Mountings for Eyeglassesor Spectacles, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings The invention relates toa novel type of mounting applicable for either spectacles or eyeglasses,and capable of use in connection with standard types of lens fittingswhereby it may be conveniently and easily applied to glasses in gen'eraluse.

Among the several objects of the invention is the production of auniversal and inconspicuous mounting, light in weight and so engage thenose of the wearer at the proper point.

Another object is to so construct the mounting that it may bemanufacturedat minimum cost without waste of material and a furtherobject is to so fashion the mounting that axial deviation of the glasseswill be practically prevented, thus adapting the mounting for cylinderor prismatic lenses.

WVith these various objects in View, the invention consists in the novelconstruction of the mounting as hereinafter set forth, and in thepeculiar arrangement and combina tion of its parts.

In the drawings illustrating my invention, Figure 1 represents a sectionof wire from which the mounting blank is preferably made. Fig. 2designates a shaped blank. 3 is an illustration of the blank with themetal flattened. Fig. 4 is an enlarged View taken on line 11 of Fig. 3.Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the completed mounting. Fig. 6 is a Viewin rear elevation thereof. Fig. 7 is a sectional perspective View of amodified form of mounting, and, Figs. 8 and 9 are respectively detachedsectional and perspective views, showing the application of themodification to the lens.

Referring to Fig. 5 of the drawlngs, A rep resents the finishedmounting, comprising complementary attaching sections B, B, a curvedbridge or nose piece 0 connecting the sections and extending forwardlytherefrom at an acute angle; D and Dthe guards and E,

E depending loopmembers preferablyserving as the connections between theguards and attaching sections and acting as auxiliary bearings for theformer.

or channeled-shaped in configuration, the channels opening in thedirection of the guards, as illustrated. The vertically disposed unitingportions (1 of the channel sections may be fitted within suitable boxesfor the lens, in which instance they are apertured as at b to receivethe binding screw, or they may be provided with studs 0, as indicated inFig.7, to be used for spectacles or eye-glasses where the boxes of thefitting are omitted, as indicated in Fig. 8.

By shaping and positioning the attaching sections in the manner setforth, I am enabled to lower the bridge into the position occupied bythe usual saddle bridge of spectacles, making the bridge asinconspicuous as possible, and, at the same time, increase its length toprdvide the necessary resiliency. The lower transverse portionsdof theattaching sections, in extending into proximity to the guards D, D,bring the complementary members a and b of the depending loops E and Einto edge contact, thereby forming a wide fiat bearing acting inconjunction with the guards as additional or auxiliary bearing surfacesto hold the mounting securely upon the nose of the wearer.

-The mounting is made preferably from a flat strip of metal preferablyformed from wire, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and theseveral turns and bends formed therein to produce the attachingsections, guards, etc., are made edgewise of the metal, so that in thefinished mounting each attaching section with its guard and connectionlies substantially in a common plane, these planes being parallellyarranged and perpendicular to the plane of the lenses. This constructionas will be obvious from an inspection of Fig. 5 of the drawings permitsof the ready engagement of the attaching section within the ordinary box(not shown) of a lens fitting, and also brings the flat face of themetal forming the guards and connections in contact with the nose of thewearer, whereby a maximum gripping surface for the mounting is obtained.It will also be noticed that by forming the mounting so that thesections thereof are in parallel planes, with the exception of thebridge .or nose piece, only the edge of the metal is exposed to view,and as the nose bridge is in angular relation to the lenses only arelatively small portion is exposed so that the mounting as an entlretyis inconspicuous.

I am aware that mountings have been made heretofore from flat metalstrips, but these have been necessarily stamped out of sheetsnecessitating more or less waste of metal, or else made from flat stripsbent in planes transverse of the face producing cumbersome andunattractive 'inountings. have obviated these defects by making thevarious turns or bends necessary in the plane of the face of the metalas previously set forth to give the attractive and inconspicuousappearance desired, and to obviate the straining and stretching of themetal necessarily resulting in bending flat strips in this manner andthe consequent production of brittle mountings, I form. the latter fromwire in a manner presently to be described.

The reference letter F (Fig. 1) represents a section of wire of metalthat will not rust, usually 10 to 14 carat gold, or German silver. Bysuitable means, the wire strip is first bent with a minimum amount ofstrain, into the desired form of blank, as indicated in Fig. 2, thecentral portion in this instance being straight while the end portionsare fashioned to form the channel shaped attaching sections, the guardsections and the connecting loops, previously described. The blank thusformed is then heated to an extent as to anneal the metal, so that suchslight strains as have been necessarily imposed upon the blank duringthe operation of bending Will be taken out of the bent places, leavingthe wire uniform throughout. If studs are to be used as a part of themounting in place of the boxes, they are attached to the annealed blank,the construction of stud preferably employed be ing that shown in Fig.7, the inner end of the stud being split and the members 0 and c bent inopposite directions at right angles to the stud proper, so that whenapplied to the mounting, a maximum amount of bearing surface will beobtained. These stud sections are secured to the mounting preferably bya solder of the same tenacity as the mounting metal, so that in theoperation of flatten ing, the stud sections willbe united with themounting, making them practically integral therewith.

By suitable dies, the shaped blank, with or without the studs, isflattened, thus producing the flat metal construction desired, and atthe sametime restoring the temper to the metal, so that the mountingwill have the required resiliency. The flattened blank is then curved orbowed centrally in a plane transverse to the plane of its face, whichmay be readily done without straining, and

normal conditions.

the desired shape of mounting produced. The guards and auxiliarybearings may then, if desired, be bent slightly out of the com monplanes in which they lie, to conform generally to the configuration ofthe nose of the wearer. Preferably, the finished mounting is heatedslightly, to set the temper, so that the mounting while having thenecessary resiliency, will retain its shape under The operation ofsetting, while not absolutely essential, is desirable as it produces amore serviceable fitting.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A single piece flat metal fitting for eyeglasses or spectacles,comprising channel shaped attaching sections parallelly arranged inplanes perpendicular to the plane of the lenses, a bridge member joiningthe upper inner ends of the channel section and project ing forwardly atan acute angle therefrom, upwardly extending guards offset from theattaching sections and bridge, and closed depending loops connecting thelower ends of said attaching sections and guards.

2. In eyeglasses or spectacles, a mounting comprising a bridge member,upwardly extending guards, and intermediate loopshaped attachingsections projecting for wardly from the bridge, the members of each loopextending rearwardly in relation to the lenses, and being connectedrespectively at their ends to one of the bridge ends, and an adjoiningguard.

3. In eyeglasses or spectacles, a singlepiece fitting consisting of abridge, loopshaped attaching sections having their complementary membersextending rearwardly of, and in a plane substantially perpendicular to,the lenses, the upper members of the loops being connected to the bridgeends, forming a continuation of the bridge, and complementary guardssecured to the ends of the lower members.

4. In a mounting for eye-glasses or spectacles, the combination with abridge member, of forwardly projecting loop-shaped attaching sections atthe bridge ends, studs upon said sections extending longitudinally ofthe bridge, and guard members extending upwardly and offset rearwardlyfrom the attaching sections.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PAUL MOEWS.

Witnesses:

T. F. OOMERFORD, S. B. COHEN.

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